6pm. Polls close Romney surges to a 44-3 lead. 6:30 Lead is further padded to 64-3. 7:00pm Obama comes back 101-99. Networks unwilling to call Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia. 7:30 Arkansas goes to Romney 107-99, 64 votes still too close to call. 8pm More states come in Colorado is too close. Romney leads 184-169. BUT Virginia goes Red, New Hampshire goes Blue Lead is Romney 197-173. 9pm Iowa is too close to call but looks like it'll go blue. 206-179 Romney. 10pm the West Coast surge pushes Obama in the lead 257-210. Florida, Ohio, Colorado and Iowa are too close to call. Then, sometime between 10 and midnight, Ohio goes blue. The 18 votes there push Obama to 275. Five more than needed.

"Since 1984, Guam has been conducting a non-binding presidential 'straw poll' on the same date as the presidential election. And each time since 1984, the Guam Straw Poll has correctly predicted who will be the next president." - Link

I just voted in Ohio. There was a black lady in line next to me who was being asked for ID. She was asked if she had anything with her photo on it, utility bills, paycheck, etc., she kept shaking her head "no". Was she a student, perhaps? No.

Then they explained to her how the provisional ballot votes, how she would have 10 days to take it to the county election office with the proper ID. Eventually she just shrugged and walked away. I understand that you need SOME form of ID to vote, but it really broke my heart that someone was denied the right vote, and became too frustrated with the provisional process to bother. I hope things become easier for everyone in the future, not harder.

6pm. Polls close Romney surges to a 44-3 lead. 6:30 Lead is further padded to 64-3. 7:00pm Obama comes back 101-99. Networks unwilling to call Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia. 7:30 Arkansas goes to Romney 107-99, 64 votes still too close to call. 8pm More states come in Colorado is too close. Romney leads 184-169. BUT Virginia goes Red, New Hampshire goes Blue Lead is Romney 197-173. 9pm Iowa is too close to call but looks like it'll go blue. 206-179 Romney. 10pm the West Coast surge pushes Obama in the lead 257-210. Florida, Ohio, Colorado and Iowa are too close to call. Then, sometime between 10 and midnight, Ohio goes blue. The 18 votes there push Obama to 275. Five more than needed.

Should've posted in the prediction thread. Free month of TotalFark in it for the winnah(s).

When a political party loses a major election, they experience the 5 Stages of Grief in reverse order:

1. Acceptance: "We ran a good campaign, we got our message out, and hopefully we can work with our opponent to make the country better."2. Depression: "Where did we go wrong? Do the people just not like us? Do we need to change our message?"3. Bargaining (mid-term elections): "OK so we've had a bad run of luck, but we can still come out ahead! We're gonna get back in the game!"4. Anger: "President X is ruining the country! He will send us back to the dark ages and get us all killed!"5. Denial: "We've done nothing but try to help the American People and offer to work with President X for four years in the spirit of bipartisanship."

Either way, I need to see Gretchen Carlson's face tomorrow morning. Of course she'll be breathing fire if Obama is re-elected, but given the chance that Romney wins, she will easily be the first on air "news anchor" reporting with sex toys inserted in each of her openings.

6pm. Polls close Romney surges to a 44-3 lead. 6:30 Lead is further padded to 64-3. 7:00pm Obama comes back 101-99. Networks unwilling to call Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia. 7:30 Arkansas goes to Romney 107-99, 64 votes still too close to call. 8pm More states come in Colorado is too close. Romney leads 184-169. BUT Virginia goes Red, New Hampshire goes Blue Lead is Romney 197-173. 9pm Iowa is too close to call but looks like it'll go blue. 206-179 Romney. 10pm the West Coast surge pushes Obama in the lead 257-210. Florida, Ohio, Colorado and Iowa are too close to call. Then, sometime between 10 and midnight, Ohio goes blue. The 18 votes there push Obama to 275. Five more than needed.

Should've posted in the prediction thread. Free month of TotalFark in it for the winnah(s).